Measurement for Typefounders

In addition to the Point Conversion Tables (below), the following tables, presented elsewhere on CircuitousRoot, may be of use to the typefounder.

• Monotype Display Type Wedge Positions for Casting Type Bodies 2 1/4 to 36 Points in Width (the Wedge Positions correspond to Monotype display matrix markins)
• Table of Type Sizes [the size of Monotype "units" in decimal inches for each set size from 5 to 12 1/2 points]
• Table of Set Factors [the Monotype set size times the unit width for set sizes from 5 to 12 1/2 points]
• Duensing's Matlas (Hopkins' 2008 edition)
• Skyline Type Foundry Alignment Data
• Matrix Depth of Drive and Mold Height Data
• Tables of metric, decimal inch and fractional inch equivalences, with drill sizes, threads, and preferred sizes . Boring beyond belief until the moment you really need to know.

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Point and Pica Conversion Tables

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A Typefounders' History of the Inch

[NOT ONLINE YET] Depressingly convoluted.

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History and Size of the Point

1902 ATF values for points in decimal inches, compared with modern values. [UNFINISHED; NOT ONLINE YET] A discussion of the history of the point and the definition and determination of its size.

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